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Brian Donlevy

Personal Information

Known ForActing
GenderMale
Born / DiedFeb 9, 1901 (Died at 71)
Zodiac Sign♒Aquarius
Place of BirthPortadown, County Armagh, Ireland [now in Northern Ireland], UK
Career Span1923 – 1972
Known Credits116 Titles
Official Links
ActingPopularity Score 1.2

Brian Donlevy

Also known as:Waldo Brian DonlevyMcGinty
Total Works

116

100 movies • 16 shows

Avg Rating

6.4 / 10

across rated releases

Box Office

—

worldwide gross

Global Reach

#1

TMDB star index

Biography

Brian Donlevy (February 9, 1901 – April 5, 1972) was an Ulster-born American film actor, noted for playing tough guys from the 1930s to the 1960s. He usually appeared in supporting roles. Among his best known films are Beau Geste (1939) and The Great McGinty (1940). For his role as Sergeant Markoff in Beau Geste he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. His obituary in The Times newspaper in the United Kingdom stated that "any consideration of the American 'film noir' of the 1940s would be incomplete without him".

Signature Roles & Milestones

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
6.6
as (in "The Glass Key") (archive footage)
The Quatermass Xperiment
6.5
as Prof. Bernard Quatermass
Destry Rides Again
7.2
Destry Rides Again
1939•movie
as Kent
The Big Combo
7.0
The Big Combo
1955•movie
as Joe McClure

Full Filmography & Credits

Showing 116 titles featuring Brian Donlevy

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
6.6

as (in "The Glass Key") (archive footage)

The Quatermass Xperiment
6.5

as Prof. Bernard Quatermass

Destry Rides Again
7.2
Destry Rides Again
1939•movie

as Kent

The Big Combo
7.0
The Big Combo
1955•movie

as Joe McClure

Kiss of Death
7.1
Kiss of Death
1947•movie

as Assistant D.A. Louis D'Angelo

Quatermass 2
6.4
Quatermass 2
1957•movie

as Prof. Bernard Quatermass

Hangmen Also Die!
6.9
Hangmen Also Die!
1943•movie

as Dr. Franticek Svoboda

Perry Mason
7.7
1 eps
Perry Mason
1957•series

as General Roger Brandon

The Glass Key
6.7
The Glass Key
1942•movie

as Paul Madvig

The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
6.8

as Governor McGinty

Jesse James
6.6
Jesse James
1939•movie

as Barshee

Beau Geste
7.0
Beau Geste
1939•movie

as Sergeant Markoff

Curse of the Fly
5.4
Curse of the Fly
1965•movie

as Henri Delambre

Union Pacific
6.7
Union Pacific
1939•movie

as Sid Campeau

The Great McGinty
7.0
The Great McGinty
1940•movie

as Daniel 'Dan' McGinty

Cowboy
6.5
Cowboy
1958•movie

as Doc Bender, Trailhand

Never So Few
5.5
Never So Few
1959•movie

as Gen. Sloan

Canyon Passage
6.8
Canyon Passage
1946•movie

as George Camrose

Impact
6.1
Impact
1949•movie

as Walter Williams

The Errand Boy
6.2
The Errand Boy
1961•movie

as Tom 'T.P.' Paramutual

Hold Back the Dawn
6.7
Hold Back the Dawn
1941•movie

as Movie Actor (uncredited)

In Old Chicago
6.7
In Old Chicago
1938•movie

as Gil Warren

Rawhide
7.3
1 eps
Rawhide
1959•series

as Jed Reston

Family Affair
6.7
1 eps
Family Affair
1966•series
Barbary Coast
6.4
Barbary Coast
1935•movie

as Knuckles Jacoby

Gammera the Invincible
5.1

as Gen. Terry Arnold

Allegheny Uprising
5.9
Allegheny Uprising
1939•movie

as Ralph Callendar

Wake Island
5.8
Wake Island
1942•movie

as Maj. Geoffrey Caton

Pit Stop
6.9
Pit Stop
1969•movie

as Grant Willard

The Virginian
6.0
The Virginian
1946•movie

as Trampas

How to Stuff a Wild Bikini
5.3

as B.D. 'Big Deal' MacPherson

Billy the Kid
5.3
Billy the Kid
1941•movie

as Jim Sherwood

Command Decision
6.6
Command Decision
1948•movie

as Brigadier General Clifton I. Garnet

Shakedown
6.4
Shakedown
1950•movie

as Nick Palmer

Kansas Raiders
6.0
Kansas Raiders
1950•movie

as Quantrill

Woman They Almost Lynched
6.6

as Charles Quantrill

When the Daltons Rode
6.2

as Grat Dalton

Five Golden Dragons
5.2

as Dragon #3

A Cry in the Night
5.4
A Cry in the Night
1956•movie

as Ed Bates

This Is My Affair
7.3
This Is My Affair
1937•movie

as Batiste Duryea

Brigham Young
4.6
Brigham Young
1940•movie

as Angus Duncan

Stand by for Action
7.0

as Lieut. Cmdr. Martin Roberts

The Fat Spy
3.1
The Fat Spy
1966•movie

as George Wellington

Hoodlum Empire
6.5
Hoodlum Empire
1952•movie

as Sen. William J. 'Bill' Stephens

The Beginning or the End
6.4

as Maj. Gen. Leslie R. Groves

Crack-Up
5.9
Crack-Up
1936•movie

as Ace Martin

The Colgate Comedy Hour
6.9
1 eps

as Self

Studio One
5.4
1 eps
Studio One
1948•series

as Jim

Birth of the Blues
6.2
Birth of the Blues
1941•movie

as Memphis

The Great Man's Lady
6.3

as Steely Edwards

Climax!
3.8
1 eps
Climax!
1954•series

as Sam Marvin

An American Romance
6.1

as Stefan Dubechek aka Steve Dangos

Two Years Before the Mast
6.5

as Richard Henry Dana

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
6.2
1 eps

as Fred Childress

I Wanted Wings
5.6
I Wanted Wings
1941•movie

as Capt. Mercer

Waco
6.7
Waco
1966•movie

as Ace Ross

Strike Me Pink
6.6
Strike Me Pink
1936•movie

as Vance

Hostile Guns
5.6
Hostile Guns
1967•movie

as Marshal Willett

13 Hours by Air
5.2
13 Hours by Air
1936•movie

as James Evarts

Monsieur Beaucaire
5.6
Monsieur Beaucaire
1924•movie

as unknown

Duffy's Tavern
6.4
Duffy's Tavern
1945•movie

as Brian Donlevy

Robert Montgomery Presents
6.0
1 eps
Stalingrad
5.7
Stalingrad
1943•movie

as Narrator (English version)

The Pigeon That Took Rome
5.3

as Col. Sherman Harrington

A Southern Yankee
5.7
A Southern Yankee
1948•movie

as Kurt Devlynn

Born Reckless
5.4
Born Reckless
1937•movie

as Bob Kane

Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
6.4

as Professor Bernard Quatermass (archive footage)

Lux Video Theatre
6.7
1 eps
Lux Video Theatre
1950•series

as Dan Carmody

36 Hours to Kill
6.1
36 Hours to Kill
1936•movie

as Frank Evers

Killer McCoy
6.3
Killer McCoy
1947•movie

as Jim Caighn

Heaven Only Knows
6.5
Heaven Only Knows
1947•movie

as Adam 'Duke' Byron

Slaughter Trail
4.5
Slaughter Trail
1951•movie

as Capt. Dempster

Battle of Broadway
5.0
Battle of Broadway
1938•movie

as Chesty Webb

The Lucky Stiff
5.8
The Lucky Stiff
1949•movie

as John J. Malone

High Tension
5.8
High Tension
1936•movie

as Steve Reardon

Arizona Bushwhackers
4.3

as Mayor Joe Smith

The Big Parade of Comedy
7.2

as Kurt Devlynne in 'A Southern Yankee' (arch. foot.) (uncredited)

Coded: The Hidden Love of J.C. Leyendecker
6.3

as Archival Footage

The Texan
6.0
2 eps
The Texan
1958•series
A Gentleman After Dark
4.6

as Harry Melton

Another Face
4.8
Another Face
1935•movie

as Broken Nose Dawson / Spencer Dutro III

Song of Scheherazade
6.6

as Capt. Vladimir Gregorovitch

We're Going to Be Rich
5.0

as Yankee Gordon

Two Yanks in Trinidad
4.0

as Vince Barrows

A Modern Cinderella
5.4

as Charlie the Chauffeur

DuPont Show of the Month
7.4
1 eps

as Constable Dale

The Remarkable Andrew
7.4

as General Andrew Jackson

Midnight Taxi
6.2
Midnight Taxi
1937•movie

as Charles 'Chick' Gardner

Ride the Man Down
6.3
Ride the Man Down
1952•movie

as Bide Marriner

Girl In Room 13
6.0
Girl In Room 13
1960•movie

as Steve Marshall

Nightmare
6.5
Nightmare
1942•movie

as Daniel Shane

The DuPont Show with June Allyson
6.8
1 eps

as John Ridges

The World of Hammer
6.8
2 eps
The World of Hammer
1994•series

as Self (archive footage)

Crossroads
6.8
1 eps
Crossroads
1955•series

as Dr. Roy Bell

Juke Box Rhythm
7.7
Juke Box Rhythm
1959•movie

as George Manton

Fighting Coast Guard
6.7

as Cmdr. McFarland

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
7.7

as Self (archive footage)

Our Hearts Were Growing Up
6.5

as Tony Minnetti

Gentlemen of the Press
6.7

as Kelly - Reporter (uncredited)

Target: The Corruptors!
5.7
1 eps
Dangerous Assignment
5.3
41 eps
Rogue's Gallery
7.0
Rogue's Gallery
1968•movie

as Detective Lee

Human Cargo
7.5
Human Cargo
1936•movie

as Packy Campbell

Half Angel
7.5
Half Angel
1936•movie

as Duffy Giles

The Trouble with Women
9.5

as Joe McBride

South of Tahiti
6.5
South of Tahiti
1941•movie

as Bob

Twenty Years After
8.0
Twenty Years After
1944•movie

as (archive footage)

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
6.5

as Self (archive footage)

Mary Burns, Fugitive
9.0

as Spike

Behind Prison Gates
10.0

as Agent Norman Craig / Red Murray

Damaged Hearts
8.0
Damaged Hearts
1924•movie

as Jim Porter

Escape from Red Rock
7.0

as Bronc Grierson

Jamestown
10.0
Jamestown
1923•movie

as Minor Role (Uncredited)

School for Wives
8.0
School for Wives
1925•movie

as Ralph

Sharpshooters
8.0
Sharpshooters
1938•movie

as Steve Mitchell

Mother's Boy
7.0
Mother's Boy
1929•movie

as Harry O'Day